Big night for Sunset Lanes team in Bud Light Masters

PEKIN — It was a perfect, perfect night for the Sunset Lanes team in the Bud Light Masters league on Monday.
The host team got 300 games from Joe Hinkle and Tommy Barnwell in a 38-12 decision over Landmark Lanes. Sunset, which had been near the bottom of the league standings for the past few weeks, got 700 series from all for bowlers for a 2,924 team series.
Barnwell led the way with a 772 series, closing with his 30th career trey. Hinkle added 725, Kyle Mauerman 719 and Chad Barnes 708. Barnes and Mauerman also had big games, with 279 and 278, respectively.
That moved Sunset from 11th to an eighth-place tie with Mt. Hawley.
On the high end of the standings, league leader Bullpen increased its lead with a 36-14 position-round win over Safari Bowl. Steve Taylor won the battle of anchormen with Safari’s Doug Goss. Taylor had games of 280 and 258 in a 769 series, while Goss lost with a 740 set. Benny Barnwell opened his 763 series with a 279 for Bullpen, and swept a 710 effort from Matt Rinkenberger.
H&H Title Services jumped over Safari into second place after beating Plaza Lanes, 30-20. Jorden Stanley got off to a great start for H&H with games of 279 and 289 for a league-high 780 series. He took six of eight points from Plaza’s Mark Stenger, who won the last game, 266-212, in a 741 set.
Lannert Chiropractic took over fourth place with a 32-18 win over T&D Windshield. Sam Taylor Jr. led Lannert with a 681, splitting the match against Ted Daniels, who led T&D with 691.
Grimm Inc. defeated WingStop, 31-19. Grimm’s No. 3 bowler, Todd Swadinsky, took six of eight points from Brian Davis with a 708 series. Davis, who totaled 675 for WingStop, won the middle game, 278-237.
Linn Lanes jumped from ninth place to fifth with a 40-10 win over Mt. Hawley Bowl. Linn leadoff bowler Tyler Young led the way with a 751 set, while captain Kenny Shockency added 702. Tony Wysinger still managed to take six of eight points from Shockency with a 715 series.
The league travels to Washington next Monday for a stop at Plaza Lanes.